Rig Design Engineer - Submarines

RIG Design Engineer - Submarines

Full Time, On-site

Derby, Raynesway.

Why Rolls-Royce?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Mechanical Design Engineer to join Rolls-Royce Submarines in Derby.

We're a leader in propulsion system design and development for the Royal Navy's nuclear submarine fleet and the sole provider and technical authority.

Join us and we'll provide an environment where you can be yourself. An inclusive, digital-first culture that invests in you, gives you a platform for continuous learning, and access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career.

As a Mechanical Design Engineer you will be responsible for the creation of component/assembly/systems designs and associated through life justification that meet their requirements and product attributes, ie life, cost availability and safety margins. You will create solutions and justifications that are robust against variation, taking account the full life cycle (concept to disposal). You will also exhibit strong technical knowledge in mechanical design methodologies and have an understanding of and ability to integrate cross-discipline engineering concepts which include manufacturing engineering, service engineering, hydrodynamics, thermodynamics, Stress analysis both static and dynamic, fracture and fatigue assessment, mechanical technology, cost engineering, product definition.

The team covers the nuclear plant and associated support equipment, such as, but not limited to, production tooling, assembly/dissembly equipment and in service maintenance equipment. They apply commodity standards and appropriate methods, tools and techniques such as - System Engineering Robust Design, Automated Component Design Systems, Cost Modelling, Standard Features and Knowledge Management.

We offer excellent development, a competitive salary and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home or another remote location. It's a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we're all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.

What you'll be doing:

You will understand Product system / sub-system requirements and derive Component requirements at task level. You will also be responsible :

• To produce robust design solutions which are insensitive to variation to address specified requirements.
  To collaborate and communicate design solution information with task stakeholders.
• To search for, capture, store, and re-use knowledge relating to design activity.
• To understand and apply the commodity standards and to create new standards where none exist.
• To liaise with manufacturing and service engineering to actively integrate the experience and knowledge from these areas.
• To check own and others design a solutions and technical for completeness and correctness.
• To manage work in accordance with project cost, timescale, and quality targets.
• To resolve problems through evaluative judgements. Analyses factual information from multiple sources, interprets results and identifies effective solutions by applying their own technical knowledge, expertise and engineering judgement.
• To participate in Design support activities during production, build, maintenance and decommissioning of components.
• To analysis, interpretation and presentation of test results including comparison with analytical and/or empirical models.

Who we are looking for :

At Rolls-Royce we embrace agility, are bold, pursue collaboration and seek simplicity in everything we do. These principles form our values and behaviours and are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles

• Bachelor's degree, Master's or PhD in Engineering or regional equivalent qualification or equivalent technical capability based on practical knowledge and experience.
• Technical experience relevant to the engineering discipline.
• An ability to apply logical, analytical and innovative thinking on a range of technical problems.
• Knowledge and experience of product integrity / liability and justification.
• Membership of a relevant professional body or working towards.
• Experience as Design Engineer operating across the product life cycle, undertaking design safety justification activites supporting manufacturing, integration, maaintenance /refit activities and dealing with operational issues.
• Experience of Research and development, analytical and test verification activities.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We're committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we'll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at

To work for Rolls-Royce Submarines you need to hold a Security Check (SC) clearance without any caveats to that clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you don't currently already have this in place. Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets, you must hold a UK nationality. Any dual nationals will require additional scrutiny and background checks prior to commencing work with RRSL.

Closing date: 8th January 2024